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unct

verb

Etymology

First appears in Middle English circa 1425, derived from Latin unctus (“anointed”) and related terms. Ayurvedic sense is one of several competing translations of Sanskrit snehana.

  1. derived from snehana
  2. derived from circa 1425

Definitions

  1. To anoint, especially a monarch or other patriarchal leader.

    • The King was uncted in the nick of time
    • […] and lat thame pray ouir him and unct him with oyle in the name of our Lord, […]
    • Tyll tyred with battles, for to ceese the fraie, / Theie uncted Brutus kynge, and gave the Trojanns swaie.

  2. To lubricate.

    • This is also an uncting procedure in which oil is dropped into the nose and expelled through the mouth.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for unct. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA